Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae str. Fujisawa

Taxonomy
Names	Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae str. Fujisawa
Accession numbers	NC_015601
Background	Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain Fujisawa (aka Fujisawa-SmR) is highly virulent parent strain used in constuction of attenuated mutant swine vaccine strains. The National Institute of Animal Health (Japan) in collaboration with Dragon genomics center, Takara Bio Inc. is sequencing the Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain Fujisawa genome using whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequencing. (NCBI BioProject: bp_list[1])
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Erysipelotrichi
Order:	Erysipelotrichales
Family:	Erysipelotrichaceae
Genus:	Erysipelothrix
Species:	rhusiopathiae
Strain	Fujisawa
Complete	Yes
Sequencing centre	(21-OCT-2010) Contact:Yoshihiro Shimoji National Institute of Animal Health (31-MAY-2011) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA Kannondai 3-1-5, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Sequencing quality	Level 2: High-Quality Draft
Sequencing depth	NA
Sequencing method	454-GS-FLX
Isolation site	spleen of pig with endocarditis
Isolation country	NA
Number of replicons	1
Gram staining properties	Positive
Shape	Bacilli
Mobility	No
Flagellar presence	NA
Number of membranes	NA
Oxygen requirements	Facultative
Optimal temperature	30.0
Temperature range	Mesophilic
Habitat	HostAssociated
Biotic relationship	Free living
Host name	Homo sapiens
Cell arrangement	NA
Sporulation	Nonsporulating
Metabolism	NA
Energy source	NA
Diseases	Erysipelas in animals, erysipeloid in human
Pathogenicity	Yes

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